N.J. Stat. § 29:1-44
Repeal
Chapter one of Title 29 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed.
New Jersey Statutes Title 29 — Hotels
New Jersey · statute · N.J. Stat. tit. 29 · 39 active provisions
N.J. Stat. § 29:2-1
Definitions
29:2-1. As used in this chapter: a. "Hotel" means any hotel, inn, boarding house, motel or other establishment whose proprietor offers and accepts payment for rooms, sleeping accommodations or board and lodging and retains the right of access to, and control of, the premises which are let. b. "Guest" means guests of or…
N.J. Stat. § 29:2-2
Liability for loss of guests' valuables, limitation
29:2-2. If the proprietor of any hotel shall provide a safe or other depository in the hotel's office or in another convenient place, for the safekeeping of any valuables belonging to guests of the hotel, and shall place, in a conspicuous position in the room or rooms occupied by each guest, a notice stating the fact t…
N.J. Stat. § 29:2-3
Liability for proprietor for loss of guests' personal property, exceptions, limitation
29:2-3. a. No proprietor of any hotel shall be liable in any sum to any guest of the hotel for the loss of personal property not mentioned in R.S.29:2-2, where it shall appear that the loss occurred without the fault or negligence of the proprietor. b. No proprietor shall be liable in any sum for the loss of any person…
N.J. Stat. § 29:2-4
Standard of care of proprietor for certain losses
29:2-4. The proprietor of a hotel shall be liable to any guest of the hotel only for ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of any valuables or other personal property belonging to the guest, whether specially intrusted to the proprietor or his agent or deposited in the safe or other depository of the hotel or oth…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-1
Definitions
As used in this chapter "person" includes partnership and corporation; "owner" means any person as herein defined owning, conducting or operating an hotel; "register" or "registration" means the performance of the acts herein required, whereby a person becomes the owner of an hotel name.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-2
Use of true name without registration
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed as prohibiting a person from using his own true name in connection with the operation of an hotel heretofore or hereafter erected.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-3
Right to register name; effect thereof in general
Any person engaged in and conducting the business of an hotel in this state may register the name by which such hotel is known and designated in the manner hereinafter provided, and, upon compliance with the provisions of sections 29:3-4 to 29:3-6 of this title, shall have the right to the exclusive use of such name or…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-4
Petition for registration; filing with secretary of state
A person desiring to register the name or designation of an hotel shall file in the office of the secretary of state a verified petition, containing the facsimile of such name, specifically describing the location of the hotel so named and stating the name and address of the person owning or operating the hotel, with s…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-5
Duplicate-original or certified copy of petition filed with county clerk
A duplicate-original or a certified copy of the petition mentioned in section 29:3-4 of this title shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the hotel is situate.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-6
Publication of copy of petition
A copy of the petition mentioned in section 29:3-4 of this title shall be printed once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the hotel is situate.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-7
Certificate of registration from secretary of state; effect
Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and on proof of the publication of the petition as required by section 29:3-6 of this title, the secretary of state shall deliver to the person named in the petition a certificate of the record of the filing of such petition. Such certificate shall be prima facie evid…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-8
Registration of name of hotel yet to be erected
A person may register in the manner herein provided the name of an hotel yet to be erected. If such person shall not begin the construction of such hotel within one year after such registration and prosecute its construction to completion with reasonable dispatch, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the right to use s…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-9
Indexes of persons filing petitions and of names registered
The secretary of state and each county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of the names of all persons filing petitions under authority of this chapter and a similar index of the names and designations referred to therein.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-10
Fees of secretary of state and county clerks
For services herein enumerated pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of State and the county clerk shall each receive the following fees: a. for filing and recording a petition or certificate of registration of name, proof of publication of registration of name, an assignment of a name or a certificate of abandonment…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-11
Registration of like or similar names prohibited
The secretary of state shall not register any name or designation identical with any other name or designation already registered under the provisions of this chapter or any heretofore existing law, or any name or designation so similar to a name or designation so registered as would be liable to deceive or mislead the…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-12
Revocation of registration by court
29:3-12. Revocation of registration by Superior Court. A person aggrieved by the registration of a hotel name or designation by another person may bring an action in Superior Court against such other person, and the court may direct the revocation of such registration, if it be determined that such other person has not…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-13
Use, without consent, of registered name or name similar thereto
No person, other than the owner of a name or designation which has been registered as herein provided or as provided by any heretofore existing law, shall, without the written consent of such owner, use, in any manner whatsoever, for the name or designation of an hotel in this state, either directly or indirectly, a na…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-14
Assignment of registered name
Any person to whom a certificate has been issued by the secretary of state pursuant to section 29:3-7 of this title may assign such certificate to another person. A written notice of such assignment, subscribed and acknowledged by the assignor, may be filed in the offices in which the name or designation is registered,…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-15
Nonuser of registered name
Nonuse for a period of one year of the name or designation described in any certificate issued by the secretary of state pursuant to section 29:3-7 of this title shall operate as an abandonment of the right to use such name or designation thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-16
Abandonment of registered name; notice filed; use thereafter
The proprietor of a name or designation registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or of any heretofore existing law may file a written notice of abandonment thereof, subscribed and acknowledged by him, in the offices in which the name or designation is registered. Thereupon the rights of the subscriber of s…
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-17
Violations of chapter; penalty; action by common informer; disposition of penalty recovered
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, for each day during which such violation continues, be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, recoverable in an action at law by any person as a common informer. A penalty, when recovered, shall be paid into the state treasury.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-18
Notice to alleged violator; cessation of violation
Before an action for a penalty is commenced under authority of section 29:3-17 of this title at least ten days' notice thereof shall be given to the alleged violator. If, before the expiration of such time, the alleged violator ceases his violation he shall not be liable to the penalty.
N.J. Stat. § 29:3-19
Jurisdiction of action for penalty
29:3-19. Civil actions for penalties for violations of this chapter may be brought in the Superior Court or the municipal court of the municipality wherein the violations occurred, both of which courts are given jurisdiction to hear and determine such actions. Amended 1953,c.28,s.3; 1991,c.91,s.308.
N.J. Stat. § 29:4-1
Register for guests in tourist camps, homes, rooming houses, inns or hotels; registration required
Any person, copartnership, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of conducting a tourist camp, tourist cabin, trailer camp, tourist home, rooming house, inn or hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to tourists, transients or travelers whether meals are served therein or not to suc…
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